April 2022

Date	Ballyseedy 9.45 am	Tralee 10.45 am	Ballymac 12 noon	Kilgobbin 10.00 am	Dingle 12 noon
3rd April	HC	HC	MP	MP	No Service
Palm Sunday 10th April	MP	HC	No Service	HC	HC
Easter Day 17th April	No Service	HC	HC	HC	HC
24th April	No service	MP	MP	MP	MP

Services during Holy Week

Holy Week Services

Monday Ballyseedy @ 8pm

Tuesday Ballyseedy @8pm

Wednesday Ballymac @8pm

Thursday Tralee   @ 8pm

Good Friday Ballymacelligott @ 12noon

Good Friday Kilgobbin @ 3pm

Good Friday Tralee @ 8pm.

Easter Vestry Camp and Dingle Kilgobbin Church, Tuesday 26th April @7.30pm

Easter Vestry Tralee and Ballymacelligott, Teach an tSolais, 28th April @7.30pm

The Friends of St James of St James have organised a Golf Classic in Ceann Sibeal on Friday 29th April. Teams of four €50 per person. For details contact Kay Woods at 087 2355293 or kaywoods2402@gmail.com

 

Sympathy:

To Olive Flynn and Iris Conway and their families on the death of their mother Alice Mason(nee Fitzgerald).

Alice died on the 16th March; two days short of her 100th birthday. Alice was in good health up until a week before she died. She enjoyed a long and generous life, herself and Billy were a lovely couple to visit. Her funeral service took place on the day of her 100th Birthday in St John's church in Ashe Street. It was a celebration of thanksgiving for a long life and happy life that was well lived.

She was buried in Ballyseedy beside her beloved husband Billy, who died just two months ago.

To Heide, Daniel, Rosy, Billy and Evie Giles on the death of Heidi’s father George Ferguson. George would be well known to parishioners in Tralee and I remember meeting him at Billy’s confirmation in October.

George, Karen and their family spent some time in Kenya with CMS where he managed a tea and coffee plantation when their family were young. George’s funeral took place on the 16th March in Brinny Church.

The Messiah in St Johns  Aidan O’ Carroll and the Kerry Chamber Choir will put on a production of the Messiah in St Johns Ashe Street on Monday 18th April at 7pm.

 

Remembering Richard Southwell,

Richard will be remembered at the morning service in Kilgobbin on the 10th April, Belinda will be in the Old Rectory at that time and it will allow the people of Kilgobbin to show their sympathy to Belinda and their appreciation for the long and generous life of Richard who was such a good friend to Kilgobbin.

Boys Brigade,

Congratulations to the Boys and Girls and their leaders on winning the Best Environment Award in the St. Patrick's Day Parade, the theme of the parade this year was ‘Let’s go the Green Way’

The BB have organised a Sponsored Walk for UNICEF Ukraine.

They will meet at the Aquadome this Sunday April 3rd at 1pm leaving promptly at 1.15. The route is to The Spa returning along the coast walk.

 

Congratulations also to the Cill Dubh Brownies & Guides. It was also good to see Linda Butler and her girls from Ballymac walking with them in the parade. That group  won the ‘Best Creative ‘Award.

Mothering Sunday was observed in the various churches, In Tralee, Daffodils were given to all in recognition of their mothering qualities. The daffodils were sourced in Killarney and the proceeds go to Daffodil day.

 

Bishops Appeal Collection for Ukraine.

Many thanks to all who so generously supported the recent Bishops Appeal Collection for Ukraine. €1786 was collected in the parish.

 

Easter is coming with its message of  hope. We have our moments, we receive difficult news and we carry burdens, hurts and disappointments. But the Easter message reminds us, that right in the middle of them, there is a promise of new life, new beginnings and a sense of hope and promise.

I find the darkness of the situation in Ukraine almost over whelming, the damage to infrastructure the loss of life and the destruction of the future, but in the middle of all this we know that peace will come that Ukraine will rise from the ashes and that there will be a future to which people will return.

At the moment we are witnessing a monumental effort as we watch those who are trying their best to bring good where there is evil, to bring hope where there is despair, light where there us darkness. That is the Easter message working through the lives of so many people today.

Easter reminds us that :

Goodness is stronger than Evil,

Love is stronger than hate;

Light is stronger than darkness;

Life is stronger than death;

Victory is ours through Him who loves us.